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Nahum 2:8 KJV
Nahum · chapter 2 · verse 8 · King James Version
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.Nahum 2:8 · King James Version
Nahum 2:8 in context
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Key words (Strong's)
- NinevehNîynᵉvêhNineveh, the capital of AssyriaH5210 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- Standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- poolbᵉrêkâha reservoirH1295 →
- awaynûwçto flitH5127 →
- oldyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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